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r \iii ii n \t\t)>:\t.i K -wkdnkxday. Ai't'.UST 12, iwi ££fci g; SAFE AT THIRD - Astro toaserunner Joe Majercik successfully steals third as Met third baseman Dennis Shaver looks for the tag. Majercik later scored the first run of the game on a double by Tim Adams in the third inning. The Astros, behind the no-hit pitching of Rick Mack (lower left) and Mike Hurckes defeated the Mets 4-0 in the championship game of the Senior division tournament Wednesday night at Peterson park. Losing hurler Jim Colberg (lower right) took a tough loss allowing only three hits himself. STAFF PHOTOS - CARL MOESCHE c? Mack No-Hits Mets; Astros Win Tourney Rick Mack sure didn't let the weather bother him last Wednesday night. Although the sun never peeked from behind the clouds and a steady rain hampered play, Mack led his team, the Johnsburg Astros, past the McHenry Mets in the championship game of the McHenry Junior Youth League Senior Division tournament at Peterson park Mack pitched six innings of no-hit ball, allowing only two baserunners and he also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, scored another, and stole two bases as the Astros won 4-0. The Johnsburg 14 and 15- year-olds scored their first two runs in the top of the third inning when leadoff hitter Joe Majercik reached on an error, stole second and third base, and then scored on a long double by Tim Adams. It was the first hit of the game Adams then scored on Mack's fly ball, after advancing to third on a ground out. Third baseman Mike Hurckes scored the third run of the contest with some daring baserunning. After leading off the sixth frame with a base hit, he stole second with the throw going into centerfield. As he sped towards third, the throw from the outfield sailed over the third baseman's head allowing Hurckes to score. Mack, the next batter, walked and scored the game's final run on a sacrifice fly by catcher Jim Bentz Mack had stolen second and third along the way The Mets could do little against Mack all night as he retired the first 10 batters that he faced before walking Brian Diedrich in the fourth inning. In his six innings of work, Mack allowed only that single base on balls while he had eight strike outs. Since he had pitched the night before, he could not pitch the seventh inning, however. Hurckes hurled the final frame and retired the side in order, striking out the last two batters to record the save. Losing pitcher Jim Colberg also pitched a fine game in his six innings of work. He gave up only three hits, three walks, while also striking out three. Only two ^ of the runs against him were earned. Tim Pankiewicz pitched a hitless seventh for the Mets after playing an outstanding game at shortstop for six innings. In the fifth inning, he made the defensive play of the game as he speared a line drive behind third base to rob Adams of; another hit. Met first baseman Steve Aim also played a fine defensive game as did the Astros' Bentz who recorded 10 putouts and threw out the only Met runner attempting to steal. To get to the championship game, the Astros defeated the McHenry Cubs and the Wonder Lake Blues, while the Mets won over the Wonder Lake Phillies, Pirates, and the Johns­ burg Brewers. The Astros had finished the regular season in third place with a 12-4 record, while the Mets finished fourth at 10-6. The final standings in the Senior Division are as follows: Cardinals (McH) 7 9 Blues (WL) 7 9 Brewers (JB) 6 10 Cubs (McH) 3 13 Phillies (WL) 1 15 Beginning this week, five teams-McHenry, Johnsburg, Wonder Lake, Richmond, and Woodstock, will be playing in an All Star tournament. There will be a tournament for both the 14- year-old and the 15-year-old age brackets: The McHenry 14-year-old All Stars are as follows: Jim Colberg Mike Cox Steve Cunningham Brian Diedrich Pat Dunne Eddie Gray Craig Hill Steve Hutt Steve Majors Bill Miscovitch Bill Schmitt Dave Toussaint JR. Weideman Steve Wronski Pat Ziebel The McHenry 15-year-old All Stars are as follows: Steve Aim Ken Alton Pat Cameron Jeff Collis Steve Garrelts Greg Gilmore Bob Hawley Rich Hoover Roland Hunt Jim Jablonski Tim Pankiewicz Mike Padpora Ken Radic Dennis Shaver Chris Teuber t> ;r Tigers (McH) Pirates (WL) Astros (JB) Mets (McH) w 13 13 12 10 Check our auto insurance rates last. 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Fine defense also aided R.D.G. as they held Fritzche scoreless in the final three innings. WOMEN'S 16-INCH THURSDAY LEAGUE A DIVISION rriizc n w e i Oaks Marathon 11 i St. Regis 10 2 Brake Parts 10 2. River Shannon 7 6 V.F.W. 5 7' B DIVISION w 1 McHenry Dental 7 5 R.D.G. 5 7 Old Bridge 4 8 Oak Park 2 11 Fritzche 0 12' (games of Aug. 13) A DIVISION 6:30 p.m. St. Regis vs. Oaks Marathon. 6:30 p.m. V.F.W. vs. Brake Parts. Bye to River Shannon. B DIVISION 6:30 p.m. R.D.G. vs. McHenry Dental Center 7:30 p.m. Fritzche vs. Old Bridge. Bye to Oak Park. COLOR PORTRAIT PACKAGES FEATURING: 1- 11x14 2 8x10 $2 at t ime of sett ing $13.49 at time of deliveryj (Plus Sales Tax) Entire Packagc Orders Only 2 5x7 14 Wallets Age 1 day to 100 years | • Satisfaction Guaranteed. or deposit refunded I • No limit on add I packages at $13 00 each FAMILY GROUPS INVITED | • Pets. $18 00 wmh iiiowta II titu tech aSd'l person CHOICE OF BACKGROUND TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th, 11AM to SRM BJOftKMAN'S ACE HARDWARE 3729 W. ELM, McHENRY River Shannon Champ; Burke Tournament MVP The Johnsburg 15-year-old All Stars are as follows: ' Tim Adams L Steve Banazinski Jim Bentz Jeff Fowler Mark Hiller Mike Hurckes Jeff Jayko Rick Mack Joe Majercik Bill Nethaway Scott Tvaroh Bill Wade Dale Zalke Carl Moesche River Shannon Tavern from Johnsburg outslugged the host Rusty Nail Inn by a score of 12-8 in theNcham- pionship game to be crowned champions of the Third annual Rusty Nail 12-inch tournament. Shannon third baseman Tom Burke slammed two home runs plus a two-run single to help the winners and earn him the MVP DeBeer clincher softball bat. The champs took an early lead when Burke slammed a three-run home run in the first inning. The Nail scored one run in the second on Kevin Freund's RBI single but Shannon scored three more runs in the third to take a 6-1 lead. Burke drove in the first two rims with a base hit and later scored on Wayne Roewer's single. The Rusty Nail closed the gap to 6-4 in the top of the fourth frame as Len Ackerman drove in two runs with a base hit and A1 Stilling knocked in another run with a single. River Shannon upped its lead to 11-4 in its half of the fourth. Jim Zasada sacrificed to left for the first run, Joe Dehn doubled in the second run, Tom Burke hit a three-run homer, and Gary Gilpin singled in the fifth run. The Nail never gave up as Rick Wakitsch slammed a two-run shot over the left field fence to make the score 11-6. Dehn drove in the final Shannon run in the fifth with a sacrifice fly making the score 12-6. A last inning rally by the Nail fell short as they picked up only two more runs. Burke along with Roewer had three hits in the contest and Dehn and Tom Ludwig added two hits each. Out­ fielders Jim Zasada and Don Prazak added some great defensive play for the winners. Ray Thelen had three hits including a triple for the Rusty Nail. Rick Wakitsch, Len Ackerman, and A1 Stilling contributed two hits each. In the third place game, Hiller and Hamm won 12-5 over Doherty's. Myron Bentz led the winners with a home run and a pair of singles. Jerry Brodin hit a three-run homer to lead Doherty's. The consolation cham­ pionship was won by the Yorkers out of Chicago. They defeated the Vitamen out of Arlington Heights 9-4. The winners took advantage of 10 base on balls plus the hitting of Jim Fiori and Tony Andrews to pick up the trophy. Dave Evenson led the Vitamen attack with a triple, double,single in three at bats. Nine McHenry area teams competed in the 32-team tournament with four ballclubs making it to the semi-finals of the winners bracket while St. Regis went as far as the consolation mi-finals. Their combined cord including games against other McHenry area teams was 20-11. The host team Rusty Nail started their climb to the finals with a thrilling Friday evening extra inning victory over St. Regis Pub of McHenry. In the same evening, River Shannon overcame a five- run TCR Graphics of DesPlaines first inning as they went on to win 12-5. Both the Nail and the River Shannon advanced to the second round as the Nail beat the Gorillas from Mt. Prospect and Shannon won over Ye Old Town Inn of Roling Meadows by identical scores of 12-0. River Shannon won its third round contest with an easy 13-1 contest over the Saints from Chicago. Tom Burke and Don Prazak both went three for three while Wayne Roewer added a three-rim homer. Rusty Nail Inn won over Baxter Travenol out of Deerfield by a score of 8-2. Ray Thelen, Rick Wakitsch, and A1 Stilling had three hits each with Wakitsch in­ cluding a home run. Baxter had earlier beaten the Johnsburg Businessmen in an 8-7 upset scoring four runs in the final inning. The Nail's next opponent was another McHenry team^ Doherty's. Doherty's had just crushed last year's tournament champions, the Jokers, by a score of 12-4. Jerry Brodin had a three-run homer, five RBIs and three hits to lead the winners. Jeff Meddings and Irish DiCiccic also had three hits. Doherty's had also beaten a tough V.I.P. ballclub from Schaumburg by a score of 10- 8 in the second round of the tournament. Irish DiCiccio went four-for-four, Brodin had a three-run homer, and both Mike Rogers and John DiCiccio had three hits each. In the semi-final game, Doherty's took a 7-0 lead after two innings, but the Rustv Nail crew took charge in the third scoring 19 runs over the next three innings and won surprisingly easy 19-9. Nail pitcher A1 Stilling went four for four, Rick Wakitsch powered a pair of two-run home runs, and both Larry Jones and Len Ackerman had three hits each. For Dohety's, Irish DiCiccio had three hits and Matt Oik added a two-run homer. River Shannon's semi-final matchup versus Hiller and Hamm was a great struggle between what many in the crowd felt were the best two teams in the tournament. Both teams sewed a run in the early innings, however Tony Huemann'i two-run double highlighted a three- run Hiller and Hamm fifth inning to put River Shannon behind 4-1. In the top of the sixth, Shannon outfielder Jim Zasada reached over the fence to grab Myron Bentz's apparent home run. That catch pumped Shannon up in its half of the sixth. Five of the first six batters singled to tie the score at four. Then after two were out, Tom Ludwig hit a triple over the left centerfielder's head to drive in the winning runs. Ludwig later scored run number seven as River Shannon won an impressive 7-4 victory over Hiller and Hamm. RUSTY NAIL TOURNAMENT TOP 10 HITTERS * ab h aver. J. Meyers 15 11 .733 I. DeCiccio 20 14 .700 T. Ludwig 10 7 .700 M. Bentz 19 13 .684 T. Burke 15 $ .667 A. Stilling 17 s .647 W. Roewer 14 9 .643 J. Dehn 16 10 .825 G. Gilpin 13 8 .615 W Hiller 17 10 .588 Home Runs: Myron Bentz, Tom Burke, Rick Wakitsch all with 4. RBIs: Tom Burke (16), Jerry Brodin (13). PatWirtz Plaindealer Fox Hole Romps In 16-Inch The Fox Hole Tap con­ tinued its torrid hitting last week as they bombed Palace Bowl 25-6 Tuesday night in men's 16-inch softball. Ron Miller led the 30-hit assault with a perfect six for six performance which in­ cluded five runs scored and four RBIs. Mike Peterson had five hits in six trips and Myron Bentz #dded four in six ap­ pearances. Rich Linquist had two of Palace Bowl's six hits with a run batted in. Fox Hole 10 0 3 1 2 3 6 -25 Palace Bowl 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 -6 Old Bridge topped R.D.G. 6-2 as Tom Ludwig and Roger Ludwig each had a pair of h^s. Tom added two runs scored ̂ Midjlqger had two RBIs. Bill Lindberg led R.D.G. with two hits in three at bats. R.D.G. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 Old Bridge 1 0 0 0 3 2 x -6 J and L Oil exploded for 31 hits crushing Murphy's Pub 26-8 Leading hitters for J and L were Dave Zates (5- for-5 including a home run, four runs scored), Mark Bentz (5-for-5, four runs scored), Steve Lange (4-for-5 including a home run, four runs scored), and Dan Miller (4-for-5). Bill Bowes and Tom Carey both were three for three to lead Murphy's with Bowes scoring a pair of runs. Murphy's Pub 5 2 0 0 1 -8 JandL 4 7 1 14 x -26 Nancy's Tavern-Hiller Construction won a 15-3 contest over Hautzinger Concrete Thursday night collecting 21 hits along the way. Bill and Jeff Meyer each had three hits for the win­ ners with Bill adding three runs scored. Teammates Phil Oeffling and Ml<rk Schultz were two for two. Don Prazak led Haut­ zinger with two hits in three at bats. Hautzinger Concrete 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -3 Nancy's-Hiller 0 9 0 2 0 4 x -15 John's Sport Stop scored 16 runs on as many hits defeating St. Regis 16-8. Rick Wakitsch had a fantastic day at the plate with three hits in four at bats including two home runs one of which was a grand slam. He also scored three runs. Tom Les added three hits and three runs scored and John Pilibosian also collected three safeties. Brian DiBlasi led St. Regis going two for three. St. Regis 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 - 8 John's Sport Stop 0 2 5 3 0 5 1 -18 In the final game of the week, Something Good edged 3-D Bowl 5-2 outhitting them 8-7. Clem Dore led the winners attack going two for three and 3-D batters Leo Sullivan and Jim Jachec matched that also. 3-D Bowl 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 Something Good 0 0 0 3 0 2 x - 5 Youth Bowling League The City of McHenry Police Association Youth Bowling League will begin registration on Friday, August 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the City of McHenry Police Department located at 1111 N. Green Street. Eligible bowlers must be boys and girls grades 6-8 that attend a McHenry Public or a Parochial school. The league will begin in mid September, every Saturday morning at 11:30 at McHenry Recreation. Teams will be mixed with a combination of boys and girls from the three different grades. The first 60 people that sign up will be chosen first. All additional sign ups will be used as substitutes during the year. For further information contact Sgt. D. Kinnerk at 385-0011. Johnsburg Rejected By Jack McCarthy According to Carl Brooks, Hampshire high school principle, the board voted 5-1 with one abstention, to tentatively accept Harvard. A final vote will be taken in mid-September. If Harvard is accepted, only Johnsburg, Marengo, and Marian Central Catholic would remain in the Shark conference in the 1982-83 school year. Marian is joining the league this year. Hononegah will also be part of the conference for this season, but earlier an­ nounced it would join the Rockford area Big Nine conference in 1982. The major opposition to Johnsburg's application came from Sandwich high school, which felt the distance between the two schools was too great, ac­ cording to Brooks. Sandwich originally supported Johnsburg's application, but changed its vote on Wed­ nesday. SHAW MiDIA NEWS SCRVICI HARVARD - The Big Eight Conference Board of Control last Wednesday tenatively approved Har­ vard high school's ap­ plication to join the league in 1962. An application from Johnsburg high school, however, failed to gain the necessary five of seven affirmative votes from the board, which is made up of conference principals. The votes reversed previous positions taken by the board. At a meeting July 22, Johnsburg received a positive response to its application, while Harvard was turned down, according to William Courtright, Harvard athletic director. Marengo also sought to join the seven-school league, but its application was rejected last month. OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER TUESDAY THRU SUNDAY. 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